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Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Bishop Trevor Huddleston

25/09/1988

Bishop Trevor Huddleston

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Sue Lawley's castaway is president of the anti-apartheid movement Bishop Trevor Huddleston

Sue Lawley's castaway is president of the anti-apartheid movement Bishop Trevor Huddleston.

The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is a monk, a man at peace with solitude, but whose life has been spent fighting the cause of the oppressed and dispossessed, from South Africa to London's East End. He is Bishop Trevor Huddleston, former Bishop of Stepney and President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and varied life.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] 

Favourite track: Fidelio - The Prisoners Chorus by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Binoculars

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics. Over 900 programmes, as broadcast from 1946 – 2004.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Looking good on TV

09/06/2014

Looking good on TV

BBC Radio 4 - Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, Looking good on TV

Forget the issues, the most important political feat is to look good on television.

As the presidential candidates debate on TV, political prowess seems to be in the eye of the beholder.

As the presidential candidates debate on TV, political prowess seems to be in the eye of the beholder.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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